“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.
Parallel translations
- KJV Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
- BSB “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
- NKJV “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. There has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.
- NASB “Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel in accordance with everything that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant.
- NLT “Praise the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses.
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Quick answer
Solomon praises God for giving rest to Israel, not one word of His good promise having failed. It celebrates God's perfect faithfulness.
Overview
Solomon blesses God for granting the promised rest, declaring that not one of His good promises through Moses has failed. God's word is entirely reliable. This 'rest' foreshadows the greater, eternal rest that Christ secures for His people, the unfailing fulfillment of all God's promises.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 23:14–15“Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it.
- Josh 21:44–45Yahweh gave them rest all around, according to all that he swore to their fathers. Not a man of all their enemies stood before them. Yahweh delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Luke 21:33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
- 1 Sam 3:19Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
- Luke 1:72–73to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
- 2 Kgs 10:10Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of Yahweh’s word, which Yahweh spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.”
- Deut 3:20until Yahweh gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also possess the land which Yahweh your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then you shall each return to his own possession, which I have given you.”
- Deut 12:10But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;
- Heb 4:3–9For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- 2 Chr 14:6He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
- Deut 12:12You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
- Luke 1:54–55He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
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